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Computer Weekly - UK tech sector ‘let down’ and ‘betrayed’ over Rishi Sunak’s net-zero policy tweaks

Caroline Donnelly - Computer Weekly

Diane Gilpin, CEO and Founder of Smart Green Shipping, commented:

“While the economic climate means there are tough decisions to be made, slowing down the net-zero transition is a poor economic response to address the climate emergency… We can’t build a robust and resilient economy if we ignore the climate crisis,”

Instead, she implored the government to look to other countries for inspiration and examples of how they are mapping economic growth to tackling climate change.

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Ship Technology - Maritime UK calls for £2bn investment per year into decarbonisation

Noah Bovenizer - Ship Technology

Smart Green Shipping’s CEO, Diane Gilpin, said: “Instead, we need to focus on solutions that are readily available like wind as a propulsion which is freely and abundantly available to any ship that’s equipped to harness it.  

“Wind saves costs, drives down emissions and is a proven technology with some ship operators already starting to harness them to future proof their assets.”

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BusinessGreen - The IMO missed its chance to truly support the green shipping industry

The global climate deal brokered at UN shipping talks lets down those companies committed to steering a greener future, writes Smart Green Shipping's Diane Gilpin.

With the shipping industry alone responsible for three per cent of global carbon emissions, all eyes were on last week's International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) meeting. There was hope that real progress towards reducing emissions would be made. However, the conclusion to cut greenhouse gas shipping emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2030 and 70 per cent by 2040 are underwhelming at best and more importantly, simply don't stand up to the science.

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Bunkerspot - Can we predict the wind?

Bunkerspot

Our Data Scientist, Dr James Mason, is featured in the June/July copy of Bunkerspot.

Dr James Mason reviews his recent publication on weather routing for wind-assisted ships, developed with his colleagues at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and considers how ship routing assessments can bring valuable certainty to the wind-assist market.

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Splash247 - Blowing away barriers on International Day for Women in Maritime

Shipping’s ambitious goals have created unique opportunities for women across industries to bring their experience and skills to support maritime’s evolution, writes Diane Gilpin, CEO of Smart Green Shipping.

Industrial sectors are increasingly vying to attract individuals with the necessary skill-sets and aptitude to drive their businesses forward. With its ‘salty sea dog’ reputation, shipping has traditionally been a closed shop to women. The industry has squandered the opportunity to attract valuable talent which, in turn, has restricted its growth potential.

More recently, concerns about recruitment and retention, allied with the pace of change resulting from digitalisation and decarbonisation programmes, have compelled the industry to consider a hitherto largely untapped woman-power pool. According to a joint IMO-Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) survey published in 2021, women accounted for only 29% of the total workforce and a huge discrepancy was identified between shore-based and seafaring roles, with women making up just 2% of ships crews, mostly concentrated in the cruise sector.

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Riviera - Wind propulsion returns to commercial vessels

Craig Jallal - Riviera

It has taken a raft of regulatory initiatives, but finally, wind is back on the agenda as a main source of propulsion

Free-to-use wind as a source of energy across vessel types is firmly back on the agenda. The current projects based on wind power fall into two camps: one involves maximising available wind to provide a main source of propulsion.

The second is to use wind to provide propulsive assistance. This is more typical of retrofit installation projects, such as trials undertaken with rotor sails by Finland’s Norsepower. Like the sailing ships of a century ago, the choice of which type of wind power and the propulsive unit depends on the voyage length and frequency of port calls.

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CBBC - Climate Change: Ships could use wind power to sail again

When most people think of sailing ships, they think of cannon filled boats and pirate ships from centuries ago.

But some scientists in the UK haven't been thinking of them as something from the past, but as the future instead.

They think new hi-tech sails could be fitted to ships to help them move without using as much fuel and be more environmentally friendly.

Scientists in Southampton have just been given some funding to do experiments to see how well they will work.

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